XA-NAF Lockheed L1049G Super
Constellation
(c/n 4678)
In 1959 Scandinavian Airlines System
purchased a controlling interest in the stock of Aerovias
Guest, S.A. These were used on their trans-Atlantic and
Caribbean services. This shot, from the
Jennifer
Gradidge collection was taken at London Airport in
1960. Despite the cabin titling of
"Guest
Aerovias Mexico" the registered title of the airline was still Aerovias
Guest, S.A. This
aircraft
had been built new for Thai Airways as HS-TCC in 1954. By 1962
SAS realized that
Guest
was not a money making proposition and divested themselves of
it. It was disbanded in
1962
and its routes were taken over by Aeronaves. After stints in
Spain and the US c/n 4678
went to
Panama as HP-467, and was written off in a take off crash at Panama
City in 1968.